undergraduate
undergraduate school
undergraduate
The AA Undergraduate School is a RIBA/ARB- accredited five-year, full-time course of studies in architecture leading to the AA Intermediate Examination (RIBA/ARB Part 1) and AA Final Examination (RIBA/ARB Part 2). Students join the school in October and attend three terms of study concluding the following July. Applications are accepted for admission to Years 1 to 4, depending on prior experience. For students who do not have an extensive visual or design background, the AA Foundation– Open Studio provides an opportunity to explore, and prepare for, a university-based course in architecture or the arts. The Undergraduate School is divided into three distinct parts: First Year, Intermediate School (Second and Third Years), and Diploma School (Fourth and FIfth Years). First Year is organised as a studio-based programme of design projects undertaken with a group of teachers, exposing students to a range of interests, skills and knowledge. In the Intermediate and Diploma Schools independent units pursue their own highly individual year-long design agendas addressing contemporary architectural and urban projects, culture and programmes. Work within First Year and the undergraduate units is supported by Complementary Studies courses in History and Theory, Technical, Media and Professional Studies.
First Year studio Photo Valerie Bennett
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